Heart's Content Formation

Heart's Content Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
Type Formation
Unit of Musgravetown Group
Thickness 600-1000 m[1]
Lithology
Primary Marine sediments
Location
Region  Newfoundland
Country  Canada
Type section
Named by King, 1988

Occurrence of the Heart's Content Formation in southeastern Newfoundland[2]

The Heart's Content Formation is a formation of dark grey/black shales and mudstones, with occasional silts and sands, cropping out in Newfoundland.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fletcher, T. P. (2006). "Bedrock geology of the Cape St. Mary's Peninsula, southwest Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland" (PDF): 117.
  2. ↑ "Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas".
  3. ↑ Fletcher, T. P. (2006). "Bedrock geology of the Cape St. Mary's Peninsula, southwest Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland" (PDF): 117.


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